2013年外研英语选修8全册精品课件Module5SectionⅠ.ppt

Section Ⅰ　Introduction Reading and Vocabulary－Warming Up;;预习多维感知;2．Why does man need to conquer the universe?_______________________________________;?Step Two：Fast reading1．Scan the text and do some true (T) or false (F) questions.(1)Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon on 21st July,1979.(　　)(2)The first shuttle flight into space was the Columbia.(　　)(3)Christa McAuliffe successfully came back to the earth.(　　);(4)It was the Challenger’s explosion that made people feel fear and disaster.(　　)(5)The Challenger exploded in mid-air after it came back from space.(　　) 答案：(1)F　(2)T　(3)F　(4)T　(5)F;2．Choose the best answer according to the text.(1)What’s the passage mainly about?A．The final frontier.B．Space travel and its enormous cost.C．The shuttle.D．The danger of space travel.;(2)The start of a new age of space travel was ________.A．the success of the ChallengerB．the success of the ColumbiaC．Apollo 11D．Pioneer 10;(3)How many people were there in the Challenger?A．3.　　　　　　　　　B．6.C．7. D．9.;(4)Why did the world feel shocked and terrible?A．The Challenger was successfully sent up.B．The Challenger landed on the Moon.C．The Challenger circled around the Earth thirty times.D．The Challenger had exploded in mid-air.;(5)From this passage we can infer that ________.A．space flight is still dangerousB．space flight is safeC．no one wants to travel into space againD．the space isn’t worth exploring 答案：(1)B　(2)B　(3)C　(4)D　(5)A;?Step Three：Careful reading1．Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.(1)Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?Although we have mastered all our advanced technology，the voyage into space is still new to us.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________;(2)How did he feel after witnessing the accident on TV?_______________________________________(3)Translate the sentence into Chinese.Millions of people watched that firs